Poker Alice – The First Great Female Poker Player
Poker was a popular pastime in the days of the Wild West, and Hollywood pays homage to this sport in many films that either revolve around poker or feature it in one of its scenes. What Hollywood doesn’t tell you is that not all the poker players were men. Sure, it was a macho society where gambling was almost a “man’s job”, but there were a few women ahead of their time who actually played it professionally. One of the most famous female poker players in the 1880s was Poker Alice. She was a smart, independent, and colorful woman who...
